The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-03
THE NATIONS STATESMEN
SENATORS IN A QUANDARY OVER
WHAT TO DO WITH SHERMAN.

1A-OOuBTSSSudn fuckers Law PraC-
tice.
The Senators and Representatives are
coming very rapidly since Thanksgiving,
says Washington special to the New York
Graphic, and there were more arrivals to-
day than at any time before, which shows
that the statesmen of the country find Sun
day a good day for travelling. They are
mostly engaged in finding quarters for the
winter, or in getting the quarters they had
already found ready for occupancy. The
Senators are talking about committees
only, for there will be no changes
in the organization of their body.
There has been some talk of re.
electing John Sherman President pro tenn of
the Senate, not because there is any dissatis-
faction with ingalls,, the present incumbent,
but because Mr.. Sherman is not satisfacto-
rily placed upon committees. Mr. Sherman
does not want any place but the chairman
manship of the Committee of Finance, but
that he cannot have as long as Mr.. Morrill,
is alive, and the old gentleman seems to be
in pretty good health this winter. Mr.. In
gals is chairman of the Committee of the
District of Columbia, and wants to keep it,
Mr.. Sherman was made chairman of the
Committee on Library to give him a room
and clerk, but it is small place for so
big man, and what else can be done with
him is difficult to see.
THE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE.
On the House side of the capitol the only
interest is in the fight over the Doorkeeper,
which is made interesting by some charges
against the present incumbent by Congress
man Breckenridge, who claims that he has
been selling documents and doing other
dishonest acts, but there is no doubt that he
will be elected. 1t was supposed that Gen.
John B. Clark, of Missouri the old Clerk
would have walk-over, but it seems doubt
full, as Mr.. William G. Raines, of Roches-
ter, comes in with strong backing and
asks why the Southern States should have
it all. The three chief officers-the Speaker,
the Clerk and the Doorkeeper-are from
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri respect
lively, and the Northern members it is said
will support Mr.. Raines.
MR.. GARLAND NOT A NEWSPAPER READER.
SIS it true" asked prominent Democrat
and lawyer from the West, with whom /
was talking the other day, ''that Attorney
General Garland never reads a newspa.
per~
told him I thought it was, but would
inquire.
10 my question Mr.. Garland replied: ut
is not strictly true, for do read newspa-
pers sometimes, but do not do SO regularly
[ take no newspaper, but when one falls in
my way, and | have nothing better to read,
pick it up and peruse it., but as a usual
thing | have more reading than | can con-
veniently get through with, and have no
time to devote to newspapers"
do not know that there is another man
in public life of a position and experience
approaching that of the Attorney General
who has been Governor of his State twice.
has served two terms in the Senate and is
now the Attorney General of the United
States, who could or would make such
confession. And found him the other day
with Watts on the Mind" in his hand
The Attorney General says that he has
no objections to newspapers, but other
reading interests him more. He says that
he is not attracted by sensational tales, or
the gossip about the private affairs of peo-
pie that fill their columns, and cares less for
the opinions of editors expressed editorially
He reads news of important events when
his attention is called to it, and does not
often miss anything of interest to him. The
Congressional Record he looks over every
morning to keep posted as to the condition
of legislation in Congress, and always takes
several law magazines and other profes-
sional publications, but no newspaper goes
to his house or to his office.
HOW JUSTICE MATTHEWS WAS CONFIRMED.
I heard good story the other day about
the manner in whicn Stanley Matthews was
confirmed Justice of the Supreme Court.
You will remember that he was bitterly
opposed both on the Republican and the
Democratic sides of the chamber, and got
through by only one vote. That one vote
was cast by ex-senator Jonas, of Louisiana,
now Collector of Customs at New Orleans.
and will tell how it was obtained in the
words of the Senator who related the story
TO me:
Judge Davis, of Illinois, rest his good
soul, you remember, was leading the fight
against Matthews, and Henry Watterson
and John Mclean, of the Cincinnati En-
qettr,r were doing the outside work for his
confirmation, leaving the inside pulling and
hauling to be done by the Ohio crowd.
Watterson and Mclean saw Jonas, and
found that he had pledged himself to vote
against Matthews, which made the ma jority
for his rejection They felt about every
where and soon discovered that there was
no possibility of changing any other vote.
SO Watterson started to New Orleans and
Mclean to Cincinnati. Now Jonas is
Jew, and there is no race of men
on earth who stick by each other so
closely. Watterson got every Jew in New
Orleans to send Jonas a dispatch urging
him to vote for Matthews. Then he started
up the river stopping at Natchez, Vicks-
burg, Memphis and all the other cities
which are full or Jews, and did the same
work there. Then he went to Louisville
and st. Louis, and finally wound up at New
York. In the meantime Mclean was work
ing Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and
other cities in the same way, until there
was a general uprising of the Jewish race
In Matthew's favor. Jonas was buried in
kilograms. He had as big pile as a die
tionary, and he finally went to Judge Davis
and said he must be released from his
pledge That is how Justice Matthews was
confirmed"
CARLISLE AND SCOTT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Two men, who are spending great deal
of time at the White House nowadays, and
in fact about the only men who can get
chance at the President, are Speaker Carlisle
and Congressman William l.. Scott, of
Pennsylvania. The Speaker, who has al
ways been very communicative to news
paper men, and told them every thing he
could with propriety tell, is in the dumps
just now, because he has been the victim of
several bogus interviews, and tells every
correspondent who calls upon him that he
shall not give news to the profession any
more.
Ex-CoNGRESSMAN TUCKER AS A LAWYER.
| imagine that ex-C Congressman John Ran
dolph Tucker, of Virginia, is glad he is not
nominated as Justice of..the Supreme Court.
for which appointment he ran close second
to Lamar He has Opened law office here